Abstraction vs. articulate prose: On the fiction of Michel Tournier and the novel of ideas. | The Rumpus

“This is the vanguard of slow-minded liberal whiteness, myopia imposed through righteousness. My freedom of expression is to acknowledge that.” Fariha Róisín reflects on the year in Islamaphobia. | Hazlitt

As the end of the year approaches, the end of the year lists are getting more creative. | Conversational Reading

Barnes & Noble is considering serving alcohol and not shutting down the Barnes & Noble Review; it is just taking a holiday break, like the rest of us. | LA Times, The New Republic

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